Multivariate Taxometric Procedures - Distinguishing Types from Continua

Can taxometric procedures be used to distinguish types (species, latent classes, taxa) from continua (dimensions, latent traits, factors); and, if so, how? Aimed at demystifying this process, Waller and Meehl unpack Meehl's work on the MAXCOV-HITMAX procedure to reveal the underlying rationale of MAXCOV in simple terms and show how this technique can be profitably used in a variety of disciplines by researchers in their taxonomic work.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Carving Nature at Its Joints
Defining Nature¿s Joints
Alternative Meanings of Taxon
Mathematical Foundations of Multivariate Taxometrics
MAXEIG-HITMAX
A Multivariate Generalization of MAXCOV
Factor Analytic Techniques for Distinguishing Types from Continua
L-Mode
Factor Analytic Techniques for Distinguishing Types from Continua
Q-Factor Analysis
Taxometrics in Scientific Methodology

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Meehl, Paul E. Meehl, Niels Waller, Niels G. Waller, Waller Niels
• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 05.02.1998
• EAN: 9780761902577
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0257-7
• Seiten: 160
• Gewicht: 400 g
• Serien: Advanced Quantitative Techniqu; Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences; Advanced Quantitative Techniqu
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Mathematik > Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Stochastik, Mathematische Statistik; Sachbuch > Psychologie, Esoterik, Spiritualität, Anthroposophie > Psychologie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Social research and statistics, Quantitative/Statistical Research